Curtain-pole.



B. PROVINCE.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ. 1917.

Patented June 11, 1918.

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CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.1. 1917.

1 26 9, 5 08. Patented June 11, 1918.

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NVENTOR %z/v m aw ATTORNEY UNITED smrns BATENT OFFICE,

, BEN AMI rnovmcn, OF-KENT, OHIO.

To all whom it may concem: p

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN 'PROVINGE, a citizen of the United states'yresiding 'at Kent in the county of Portage'and State of Ohio, have invented new and usefuhIm'- provements in Cu'rtain-Poles', of which the following isa specification. The present inventon relates to improve`- ments in curtain poles and brackets therefor. -*The invention' hasfor its primary objects to produce a'curtain pole to which the cur tai'n may be attached in an expeditious and easy nanner to provide means whereby the curtain maybe adjusted, either vertically 'or laterally afterthesame has been arranged upon the pole; to provide supporting brack ets for the pole which Will not interfere with the draping of' the curtan upon the said pole, and wherein'said brackets may be detach'ed `-from thef window casing with' the pole,- as for instance, when the casing isto be cleaned. I

Other objects andadvantages will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which there is illustrated a simple and satisfactory reduction of the improvement to practice, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating my mprovement arranged upon a window' casng.

F ig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, taken on a greatly enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the curtain pole detached from the casing, the' curtam being removed therefirom.

Fg. 4: is an approximately central longitudinal sectional view through the same.

ig. 5 is a perspective View of the inner or curtain receiving member.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of one of the sections of the outer member of the pole.

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of one of the pole supporting brackets.

' the drawings, the numeral 10 designates a window casing, the same having arranged upon the upper trim thereof, a pair of spaced headed members 11, the shanks of which being designed to be received in the reduced passage key hole slots 12 provided upon the innerplate or body member 13 Application filed August 1, 1917J i Serial No. 183320, 3

i i cUnrnm-roLn :I Specification of Letters i'atent. i PatentedJ un e 111, 19 18.

of a pole supporting bracket lh By rasng the brackets vertically, so that the headsof the members "llewill be brought to a line with the elongated opening of the key hole slot 12, it will be noted that' the` braclcets may be readily removed' from the casng; as readily as the said brackets can be at tached to the casing The flat body meinber 13 of each of the brackets below the key hole` slot 12 thereinyis'provided With an angularly arranged 'stem' '15, upon the ou'ter end thereof being Secured a'split rng'mem ber 16,' the slit or *opening =1-7 of the sad ring being" arranged at the 'lower portion thereof, and the purpose of 'this -arrangement `will presently bedescribed. 5

The improved curtain pole is broadly' in'- dicated bythe character 18, and comprises, i

to be snugly received in the rng 16 of the bracket members '14, and "as t esaid ring `portion 16 of the said brackets 14, are

constructed of resilient material, the same will exert a suflicient pressure against the members 19 to retain 'the said members in their proper associated position. However,

the said members are sufliciently retained properly associated by having their ends received in circular depressions 20 in ornamental head members 21. r

v In the' tube, provided by the members 19 `is arranged a rod 22, the said rod being round n cross section and having its ends enlarged, as at 23, whereby to be snugly re ceived between the sections 19, and if desired, to retain two of the confronting edges of the said sections out of frictional contact with each other.

The lace curtains are indicated by the numerals 24, and arranging the same upon the pole, the same are first folded over the central reduced .portion of the rod 22, one of the ends of the said curtains being permtted to pass through the space between the confronting edges of the sections 19--19. Thereafter, one of the heads 20 may be arranged upon the pole 18, holding the sections 19-19 thereof, in proper tubular form, while the opposite end of the said rod is passed through the resilient ring members of the brackets 14, the edges of the confronting ends of the pole, through which the curtans pass, being arranged in a line With the slits or openings 17 in the rings l6 of the said brackets 14. After this, the second head is arranged upon the pole.

Should it be found that one of the curthat the curtains can be moved laterally of the pole, so that the same may be brought to have their inner edges confronting at the center of the window, or brought away from the said center of the Window Without necessitating the removal of the curtains from the pole. It Will also be apparent that the spring engagement 'of the brackets With the pole, and the means or manner in which the brackets are arranged upon, the ,Window casing, that the said brackets maybe readily removed With the pole from the casng, when it is desired to make repairs to the sashes or clean the -casing, or for any other purpose, and from the foregoing description, thesimplicity and advantagesof the construction Will, it is tho ughtbe` apparent Without further, detailed description.

Having thus described'the invention, What I claim is: i

1. A curtain pole, said pole including an innerrod 'member having enlarged round encls, two approxinately semi-circular members arranged over the enlarged ends of the rod and designed to have one of their edges have one of their edges brought in contacting engagement, head membershaving cylindrical openings receiving the ends of the said members, and forcing the san'e into contact With the rounded ends oftherod, and the supports comprising split spring rings, designedto engage the semi-cylindrical members inward of the heads for, holding the said members associated, and the split portion of the said supports being arranged in a line With the opening between theconfronting edges at thelowerportion of the semi-cylindrcal members. V In testimony WhereOf'I- afiix my signature.

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